ENGLAND face playing in front of a half-full Wembley on Tuesday in what is set to be the lowest attendance for a senior international since the national stadium reopened.

So far the Football Association have sold 40,000 tickets for the friendly against Sweden and expect that to rise to between 45-50,000 by the day of the game.

Officials point to the fact that around 120,000 fans will pay to watch England sides over the coming days, starting tomorrow with the Under-19s and Under-21s and continuing with the sold-out showdown against world champions Spain on Saturday. The lowest attendance since the £757million new Wembley reopened four years ago was for a World Cup qualifier in June 2009 when a crowd of 57,897 turned up to see a 6-0 win over Andorra.

TICKETS are available for the England v Sweden game at Wembley on November 15 at 8pm, at www.theFA.com.